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Title: 10 reasons why Linux will oust Windows
Post by: sam on May 07, 2009, 16:45

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Microsoft's failings are finally catching up with it and will cause the once-unstoppable juggernaut to cede to Linux. A key event was September 14, 2000, when Microsoft set a tiny snowball rolling with the release of the deeply flawed Windows Me. That snowball has been gaining momentum, despite some ups and downs along the way--XP was an up, for example.

http://www.zdnetasia.com/insight/software/0,39044822,62052873,00.htm

Title: Re: 10 reasons why Linux will oust Windows
Post by: Rik on May 07, 2009, 18:34

Vista was, imo, a down of the kind experienced on the scariest rollercoasters. :)

Title: Re: 10 reasons why Linux will oust Windows
Post by: Simon on May 07, 2009, 19:31

By some accounts, Windows 7 isn't much better.

Title: Re: 10 reasons why Linux will oust Windows
Post by: GillE on May 07, 2009, 21:04

The impending supremacy of Linux has been predicted for years and nothing has come of it.

Title: Re: 10 reasons why Linux will oust Windows
Post by: Rik on May 08, 2009, 09:51

Inertia works in MS favour.